Sairi Itoh, Kento Nakajima, and Yuji Oda are cast in TV Asahi drama series “Shikkou!!” The drama series features an original screenplay by Mika Omori (“Pool“). The drama series will revolve around bailiffs who carry out duties to collect property in bankruptcy cases.
“Shikkou” first airs July, 2023 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Tuesday 9PM time slot after “Unknown“).
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Haruka Fukuhara & Kyoko Fukada are cast in TBS drama series “18/40.” The drama series features an original screenplay about two women who are 18 and 40 respectively. Although they don’t seem to have anything in common, they bond together in a sisterhood. Haruka Fukuhara will play 18 year old Arisu Nakagawa and Kyoko Fukada will play 40 year old Toko Naruse.
“18/40” will first air July, 2023 in Japan.
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Tomoya Nakamura is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Hayabusa Syobodan.” The drama series is based on 2022 novel “Hayabusa Syobodan” by Jun Ikeido (“Naoki Hanzawa“). Tomoya Nakamura will play main character Taro Mima. He works as a writer and decides to live in the house his father left for him in a mountain village. There, he becomes involved with the volunteer fire department.
“Hayabusa Syobodan” will first air July, 2023 in Japan.
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Trailer added for Netflix drama series “The Days” starring Koji Yakusho & Yutaka Takenouchi. Captions in the trailer at the 22 second mark states “Were the days fate?” and 25 second mark “Or fault?” The drama series is set over a 7 day period at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the area on March 11, 2011.
“The Days” will be available to stream from June 1, 2023 on Netflix.
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Oji Suzuka is cast in TBS drama series “Sweet Moratorium.” The drama series is based on webcomic “Sweet Moratorium” by Tamaizumi. In “Sweet Moraturium,” Oji Suzuka will play university student Kokoro Kashiwagi. His ex-girlfriend begins to live with him, but he doesn’t tell his new girlfriend about her.
“Sweet Moratorium” will first air May 23, 2023 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Let’s Get Divorced” starring Tori Matsuzaka & Riisa Naka. The romantic-comedy screenplay has Tori Matsuzaka and Riisa Naka playing a married couple that wants to get a divorce, but its not easy for them. Tori Matsuzaka’s character is a politician and Riisa Naka’s character is is a top actress.
“Let’s Get Divorced” will be released June 22, 2023.
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Mirai Shida & Shunsuke Kazama are cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Shori no Hoteishiki.” The mystery-legal themed drama series will have Mirai Shida play Attorney Ran Kagura. She teams up with a mysterious, writer named Jin Kurosawa (Shunsuke Kazama) on a murder case involving her best friend.
“Shori no Hoteishiki” first airs April 13, 2023 in Japan.
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Kentaro Sakaguchi and Noa Shiroyama are cast in NTV drama series “Dr. Chocolate.” The drama series is by Yusuke Watanabe (“ST MPD Scientific Investigation Squad“). In “Dr. Chocolate,” Kentaro Sakaguchi and Noa Shiroyama will play members of an illegal surgery team for hire. Noa Shiroyama will play 10-year-old genius surgeon Yui Terashima and Kentaro Sakaguchi will play Tetsuya Noda, who leads the team.
“Dr. Chocolate” first airs April, 2023 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Saturday 10PM time slot after “Captured Hospital“).
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Trailer and poster added for Netflix live-action drama series “From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke” starring Sara Minami & Oji Suzuka. The drama series is based on manga series “Kimi ni Todoke” by Karuho Shiina, which was previously adapted into 2010 movie “From Me to You” starring Mikako Tabe & Haruma Miura. The theme song for the drama series has also been announced as “Ai no Uta” by Takaya Kawasaki. The theme song is played during the trailer. Meanwhile, announced today as supporting cast members are Jin Suzuki, Atsuhiro Inukai, Kanon, Kosuke Suzuki Junpei Yasui, Erika Mabuchi, and Tetta Sugimoto.
“From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke” will be available to stream from March 30, 2023 via Netflix.
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Masato Sakai is cast for the lead role in TBS drama series “Vivant.” Hiroshi Abe, Fumi Nikaido, Tori Matsuzaka, and Koji Yakusho are also cast in major supporting character roles. The drama series will be directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa, who worked with lead actor Masato Sakai in hit 2013 TBS drama series “Naoki Hanzawa.” In addition, a teaser trailer and teaser visual has been released for the drama series. The teaser visual has captions that states “Foe or friend? Friend or foe?”
“Vivant” will first air July, 2023 in Japan.